While he says he is against abortion under all circumstances and "follows the teachings of the Catholic church", multi-millionaire Jacob Rees-Mogg admitted his company profits of the sale of abortion pills.

According to the Mirror, his company has nearly £5million-worth of shares in the Indonesian firm Kalbe Farma, which produces the pills to prevent ulcers.

They also trigger termination and can be bought in pharmacies and are used widely in Indonesia – where there are an estimated two million illegal abortions each year.

Tory MP Rees-Mogg admitted: "It would be wrong to pretend that I like it but the world is not always what you want it to be."